President mocked over Malé congestion remarks
Malé, a 2.2 square mile island that has already been reclaimed to the edge of its house reef, has a population of 133,000 people. It is one of the mostly densely populated cities in the world, with more than 59,000 people per square mile.
25 Apr 2018, 9:00 AM
President Abdulla Yameen is being ridiculed for saying the capital is not congested or overcrowded, despite the tiny city being home to almost 40 percent of the country’s population.
He made the remarks at the launch of of an information handbook about the government’s development work.
“We used to believe that Malé is overcrowded, that a good life cannot be lived in Malé. The changes being brought to Malé were forced on us when it came with a vision. Where is the garbage in Malé now? Are we talking about the lack of land in Malé anymore?” he asked on Wednesday.
He also suggested that the government’s decision to allow high-rise buildings in the capital had resolved a land shortage problem.
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